An extension has been approved for an Angus development that is bucking the trend in the local housing market.
Guild Homes’ application to build 33 houses in Kirriemuir was given the backing of councillors at a meeting in Forfar yesterday.
The council’s development standards committee was given a slideshow of work intended for an industrial site on Cortachy Road.
The development will border the recent construction of Hillhead housing by the same firm to the south and east.
Road access will be through the Hillhead development and an extra footpath will link the new housing to Cortachy Road.
The housing comprises a mix of single- and one-and-a-half-storey houses.
Five of the houses will be offered as affordable housing for six months, after which the firm will offer a commuted payment for provision elsewhere, if there are any unsold properties.Largest for two decadesGuild Homes managing director Mark Guild said: ”The success of the previous development has allowed us to continue on with this next phase.
”We have customers already waiting, should this be approved, which is very unusual in the current market.
“We would hope to get on with these affordable units and we are in the fortunate position where we can offer them without damaging the company.”
One letter of representation was made, with a soon-to-be occupant of adjacent Lord Lyell Drive being concerned about the height of one of the proposed one-and-a-half-storey houses.
Mr Guild said he was unaware of any problem during consultation and would discuss the matter with the objector, who wrote that the neighbouring properties are all bungalows and the new building would be out of keeping with that.
Work got under way last month on a £40 million Forfar housing development the town’s largest for two decades.
Guild Homes cut the first sod on the Wester Restenneth project to the east of the town on March 12.
The Restenneth Fields project was the subject of a lengthy planning history, but finally received appeal approval under a different applicant in 2008.